Texas

Brain-eating amoeba kills a 6-year-old boy in Texas, prompting officials to test the water supply to 8 cities

Summary List Placement The death of a 6-year-old boy alerted Texas officials to the presence of a brain-eating amoeba in their water supply. The Texas Commission on...
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Astros to playoffs with losing record after loss to Texas

3 hours ago | Saint Louis Today

ARLINGTON, Texas - The Houston Astros are going into the playoffs with a losing record after Rougned Odor homered twice Sunday for Texas in an 8-4 win, the third in a row for...
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Astros finish below .500 after loss to Rangers

4 hours ago | National Post

Rougned Odor recorded a multi-homer game and the Texas Rangers parlayed a five-run fourth inning into an 8-4 victory over the Houston Astros and a win of the four-game series...
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Deadly microbe water warning lifted for final Texas city

5 hours ago | My Sanantonio

LAKE JACKSON, Texas - Environmental officials in Texas have lifted a warning for a final Houston-area community to stop using tap water because it might be tainted with a...
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Census Worker Accuses U.S. of Defying Court Order on End Date

6 hours ago | Bloomberg

A federal judge demanded an explanation from the Trump administration after a census worker in Texas said the government isn't complying with a court order not to shorten the...
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Families concerned after photo shows Humble ISD students in crowded hallway

7 hours ago | ABC

The photo, which was taken at Atascocita High School, shows students crammed in a hallway during their passing period.
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Federal judge blocks Texas' elimination of straight-ticket voting

7 hours ago | ABC

In a recent ruling, U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo said the elimination of the voting practice would "cause irreparable injury" to voters.
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Lockdowns are fading, but GOP outrage isn't in campaigns

9 hours ago | My Sanantonio

AUSTIN, Texas - When the coronavirus pandemic slammed the U.S. economy this spring, Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther became an overnight symbol of rebellion against lockdown...
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NASA astronaut says voting is 'critical' to democracy so she plans to cast an absentee ballot from space

11 hours ago | Business Insider

Summary List Placement NASA astronaut Kate Rubins plans to vote from space during the upcoming general election. Rubins told The Associated Press on Friday that astronauts cast...
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BC overcomes 14-point deficit to beat Texas State in home opener

12 hours ago | WCVB

The Eagles scored 17 straight points to get the win in their only nonconference game of the 2020 season.
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NY Times: President Trump paid $750 in US income taxes in 2016, 2017

President Donald Trump paid no federal income taxes in 10 of the past 15 years, according to a report Sunday in The New York Times. Read more ...

TikTok fate in the balance as judge weighs app store ban

NEW YORK - Lawyers for TikTok pleaded with a U.S. federal judge on Sunday to delay the Trump Administration's ban of the popular video sharing program from app stores set to... Read more ...

LIVE: President Trump to hold White House news briefing

WASHINGTON - President Trump is set to hold a news briefing at the White House Sunday. The briefing comes one day after he nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the late... Read more ...

Trump Dismisses 'New York Times' Reporting That He Paid Little In Federal...

President Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017, according to the Times, which also says he's fighting an IRS audit that could cost him over $100 million... Read more ...

Lawyer says cop shot Jacob Blake after hearing a mother's plea: 'He's got my...

Police Officer Rusten Sheskey said he used deadly force during the chaotic encounter because he was afraid Jacob Blake, while attempting to flee the scene, was trying to kidnap... Read more ...

U.S. Judge Halts Trump's TikTok Ban, Hours Before It Was Set To Start

The decision grants TikTok a short-term reprieve, but the wildly popular app's fate still faces an extraordinary amount of uncertainty. (Image credit: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu... Read more ...

Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale hospitalized after trying to...

President Trump's former campaign manager Brad Parscale was reportedly hospitalized Sunday after threatening to harm himself while armed with guns inside his Florida home... Read more ...

Federal judge halts Trump administration ban on TikTok downloads

A federal judge on Sunday blocked a Trump administration ban on downloads of the popular video app TikTok - just hours before it was due to go into effect, according to... Read more ...

NFL legend Joe Montana and wife save grandchild from would-be kidnapper

Montana told deputies that his grandchild was sleeping in a playpen on Saturday when a woman entered their home in Malibu and grabbed the child. Read more ...

Trump calls NYT report on tax avoidance ‘totally fake news'

President Donald Trump on Sunday dismissed as “totally fake news” a New York Times report about how little he has paid in federal taxes. “It's fake news,” Trump told reporters... Read more ...